In Tenses^x, Commas^x

One thing that tells us the simple past tense is correct, is that those who advocate otherwise, at preposterous length, cannot even avoid elementary grammatical blunders in their own writings. I can't understand this sentence though I know the meaning of every word in this sentence....

MIA6 wrote: 1. If I were you, .. Is 'were' the only word matching with 'I' when we talk about conditional? 'were' here doesn't mean past tense, right? Right. 2. Though the best people breed with best people and they finally get a good child which has all good traits, (but) in this soceity,...

1. If I were you, .. Is 'were' the only word matching with 'I' when we talk about conditional? 'were' here doesn't mean past tense, right? 2. Though the best people breed with best people and they finally get a good child which has all good traits, (but) in this soceity, not everyone is good....

Lizzy8 wrote: 'I was very exited about winning the contest and , so the day started with a big smile on my face, because I had the great opportunity to meet Mr. Ambassador, a very sociable person and a strong supporter of civil society' Do you think the past tense is used correctly in this...

Interestingly, I would tend to interpret "since his youth" as older than "since he was very young". Yes, the word 'since' is used as a time reference, but I still feel that native speakers (especially AmE) would find it irritating in combination with the simple past tense in the rest of the...

(a) She is not only a classmate but my very best friend whom I will never forget. (a) She is not only a classmate, but also my very best friend, whom I will never forget. (b) After eating, we will go to bookstore to buy some magazine s . Or, a magazine. After we eat would be more natural. Or...

Vincent Teo wrote: (a) I'm very happy to have such a best friend. Okay (b) She helps her mother to do house work / housework. Okay, but you can also write this without the "to." I use "housework" as one word. You can also say "the housework." (c) Her neighbour often praised her for...

The question that arises from your original is whether it's the bud or the metaphor that "delineates and sets forth..." Put a period after bud, and start with "This metaphor..." (With "Earlier" I would expect "used" not "uses." If you want to stick with uses, then go with early. Earlier...

Massacre proceeds rapidly and is indiscriminate. Perfectly acceptable - it means Massacre proceeds rapidly and massacre is indiscriminate. Massacre is indiscriminate with its rate of progress being rapid Probably needs a comma, to separate the main statement from the additional information....

Hi, Is it proper to write the past perfect here? I think it would be fine to write the simple past tense here. Just he collborated with Poland's secret police is fine. You can say it either way, because either way the sequence of events is clear. The collaboration came before the quitting....